July 14, 1993 - MPR’s Catherine Winter interviews Minneapolis playwright Timothy Mason about his play, Levitation. The work explores a man’s attempt to come to terms with the inevitability of his own parents' deaths.
July 14, 1993 - MPR’s Dan Olson talks with former Minnesota Twin and Major League pitcher Jim Kaat, who shares his thoughts on Kirby Puckett’s play and how the Twins team still could come around in the second half of season to compete for pennant, despite being eight games back at MLB All-Star break.
July 16, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Southern writer Lee Smith reads from her novel, The Devil’s Dream.
July 17, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the poetry scene in the Twin Cities by visiting local performance venues. Roberts interviews organizers and poets and gets their take on Minnesota’s poetry revival.
July 21, 1993 - On this Midday broadcast, American writer and historian William Least Heat-Moon speaks at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
July 21, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews former St. Paul Pioneer Press journalist John Camp about his new work under the pseudonym John Sandford and his “Prey” mystery crime series.
July 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with Alice Vachss, former American prosecutor and author of the book, Sex Crimes. Vachss shares her concern on cultural misunderstanding of sexual violence.
July 26, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter reports on the challenging year of rice harvesting, due to a season of flooding. The impact on the wild rice crops greatly affect some in the northern Minnesota communities, such as those of the Leech Lake Band of Chippewa, that use harvesting as a source of income and food.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American lawyer, political figure, and writer Roger MacBride about is continuation of the “Little House” story via Wilder materials and a Rose Years spin‑off. Little House on Rocky Ridge is the first in series.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Robin Gehl comments on the upswing of the Minnesota Twins coming out of the Major League Baseball All-Star break. Segment includes an interview with Twin designated hitter Dave Winfield.